]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/07/mississippi-phosphates-set-to-plead-guilty-in-pollution-case/feed/0Ocean Springs aldermen approve short-term rentalshttp://msbusiness.com/2015/07/ocean-springs-aldermen-approve-short-term-rentals/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/07/ocean-springs-aldermen-approve-short-term-rentals/#commentsWed, 08 Jul 2015 11:17:20 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=104113OCEAN SPRINGS — The Ocean Spring Board of Aldermen has adopted a short-term rental ordinance. The Sun Herald reports the law brings into regulation the growing business of people renting out homes on a short-term basis, and charging higher rates than for monthly renters. It’s a law that will give these businesses a permit, a ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/07/ocean-springs-aldermen-approve-short-term-rentals/feed/0Jackson County to replace bridge in Gautierhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-to-replace-bridge-in-gautier/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-to-replace-bridge-in-gautier/#commentsTue, 16 Jun 2015 11:50:36 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=103521GAUTIER — Jackson County will spend about $2 million to replace one of Gautier’s oldest bridges. Supervisor Mike Mangum told WLOX-TV in Biloxi the LaMotte Bayou Bridge received failing grade last year from the state. “This bridge has a lot of years on it, but it has a lot of steel structure underneath it that ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-to-replace-bridge-in-gautier/feed/0Jackson County voters to consider 2 percent tourism taxhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-voters-to-consider-2-percent-tourism-tax/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-voters-to-consider-2-percent-tourism-tax/#commentsThu, 11 Jun 2015 13:26:23 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=103341PASCAGOULA — Jackson County voters will decide Tuesday whether to levy a 2 percent tax on hotel stays to pay the local share to support the work of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau. The tri-county tourism group — encompassing Harrison, Hancock and Jackson counties — was created to promote the whole ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/06/jackson-county-voters-to-consider-2-percent-tourism-tax/feed/0Analysis: Legislative candidates prep for August primarieshttp://msbusiness.com/2015/05/analysis-legislative-candidates-prep-for-august-primaries/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/analysis-legislative-candidates-prep-for-august-primaries/#commentsSun, 24 May 2015 21:01:32 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=102847JACKSON — Mississippi politicians are gearing up for a busy summer campaign season. One legislative race worth watching is a Democratic primary that pits two incumbent state senators against each other up north. Another is a Gulf Coast Republican primary in which a senator with statewide ambitions is challenged by a former emergency director who ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/analysis-legislative-candidates-prep-for-august-primaries/feed/0Jackson County to vote on tourism taxhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/05/jackson-county-to-vote-on-tourism-tax/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/jackson-county-to-vote-on-tourism-tax/#commentsTue, 05 May 2015 14:54:17 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=102160PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have decided to go ahead with a special election June 23 for a 2 percent tourism tax on hotel and motel rooms, rather than wait for the November general election. The Sun Herald reports voters will be asked to decide whether to institute the tax to support tourism. Renee Areng, ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/jackson-county-to-vote-on-tourism-tax/feed/0Wildlife rescue groups: Growing number of animals need aidhttp://msbusiness.com/2015/05/wildlife-rescue-groups-growing-number-of-animals-need-aid/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/wildlife-rescue-groups-growing-number-of-animals-need-aid/#commentsTue, 05 May 2015 13:46:35 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=102157GAUTIER — Recent storms that battered southern Mississippi have been hard on wildlife as well as humans — and some volunteers have been stepping up to help. The Sun Herald reports a large number of birds came in to the Wildlife Care and Rescue Center in Jackson County the past few weeks as storms damaged ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/05/wildlife-rescue-groups-growing-number-of-animals-need-aid/feed/0Bozo's: A stack of paper bags, a permanent marker and Kihyethttp://msbusiness.com/2015/04/bozos-a-stack-of-paper-bags-a-permanent-marker-and-kihyet/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/04/bozos-a-stack-of-paper-bags-a-permanent-marker-and-kihyet/#commentsMon, 13 Apr 2015 12:01:21 +0000http://msbusiness.com/businessblog/?p=11699PASCAGOULA — A first-time diner at Bozo’s Grocery would notice things when walking in the door — the smell of seafood and a long line of hungry customers crowded around a small table where Anton Kihyet is seated. The setup is simple: a stack of paper bags, a permanent marker and Kihyet. It’s been that ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/04/bozos-a-stack-of-paper-bags-a-permanent-marker-and-kihyet/feed/0Court: No holiday pay for Gautier firefighters not workinghttp://msbusiness.com/2015/03/court-no-holiday-pay-for-gautier-firefighters-not-working/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/03/court-no-holiday-pay-for-gautier-firefighters-not-working/#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2015 12:00:06 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=98993GAUTIER — A Jackson County judge has rejected arguments from the Gautier Fire Union that its members were entitled to 24 hours of holiday pay, even if they didn’t work that day. “The ruling … means Gautier was justified in providing eight hours of holiday pay for all employees,” Mayor Gordon Gollott told The Sun ...

]]>http://msbusiness.com/2015/03/court-no-holiday-pay-for-gautier-firefighters-not-working/feed/0Supes put own cash into hospital retirees' lobbying triphttp://msbusiness.com/2015/03/supes-put-own-cash-into-hospital-retirees-lobbying-trip/
http://msbusiness.com/2015/03/supes-put-own-cash-into-hospital-retirees-lobbying-trip/#commentsTue, 17 Mar 2015 10:45:23 +0000http://msbusiness.com/?p=98823PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors are offering to personally help pay for some retirees who lost pensions to travel to the state Capitol to lobby for a bill requiring more openness from boards of publicly owned hospitals. The Sun Herald reports that Irving Tillman, a retiree of the Singing River Health System, told supervisors Monday ...